'Forrest Gump' Triumphs With 6 Academy Awards - NYTimes.com 'Forrest Gump' Triumphs With 6 Academy Awards By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: March 28, 1995 "Forrest Gump," the runaway hit about a simple soul caught up in the most turbulent events of postwar America, triumphed last night at the 67th Academy Awards, sweeping all three major awards for which it was nominated, including best picture. Robert Zemeckis won the Oscar for best director, and Tom Hanks was named best actor for his performance in the title role. The sweep represented a vote for traditional Hollywood values as the feel-good film triumphed over the rawer, more experimental "Pulp Fiction," which won only one award. The other nominees for best picture, "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Quiz Show" and "The Shawshank Redemtion," were shut out. "Gump" also won Oscars for film editing, visual effects and best adapted screenplay, by Eric Roth, based on Winston Groom's novel. Mr.

Hanks, who won last year's Oscar for best actor for "Philadelphia," became the first person to receive back-to-back Oscars in the category since Spencer Tracy, who won in 1937 and 1938 for "Captains Courageous" and "Boys Town." Accepting the award, Mr. Hanks, close to tears, said, "The power and the pleasure of this moment are as constant as the speed of light; it will never be diminished." The 13 nominations for "Forrest Gump" fell just one short of the record, set by "All About Eve" in 1950, and equaled the number of nominations for "Gone With the Wind." The Oscar for best actress went to Jessica Lange for her performance as the manic-depressive wife of an Army officer in "Blue Sky," a film that struggled to make it to theaters after the studio distributing it, Orion Pictures, went bankrupt. Ms. Lange won an Oscar as best supporting actress for "Tootsie" in 1982 and had previously been nominated four times as best actress. Ms. Lange, in accepting the award, paid tribute to Tony Richardson, who died soon after directing the film.

"He kept nudging me over the edge," she said, "and with a character like this, it's exactly what I needed." Dianne Wiest was named best supporting actress for her performance as an aging Broadway ham with delusions of grandeur in "Bullets Over Broadway." It was Ms. Wiest's second Oscar and third nomination in the category. She won for "Hannah and Her Sisters" in 1986 and was nominated for "Parenthood" in 1989. Martin Landau was named best supporting actor for his performance as an aged Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood," the director Tim Burton's homage to the director of 50's mega-bombs like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Bride of the Monster." The Oscar for best foreign-language film went to "Burnt by the Sun," a Russian film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Mr. Mikhalkov brought his young daughter onstage, calling her the only actress with whom he had never experienced any problems. He then lifted her up, slung her over his shoulder and marched toward the wings.

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, who wrote "Pulp Fiction," won the Oscar for best original screenplay. In a year remarkable for its lack of Oscar-caliber films, David Letterman, making his first appearance as host of the event, held at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, was the subject of as much pre-Oscar talk as the nominees themselves. In essence, Mr. Letterman transferred his television show, "Late Show With David Letterman" to the Oscar stage, right down to the top-10 list and stupid pet tricks. Judging by the audience reaction, a lot was lost in the translation. A running gag about introducing "Uma" (Thurman) to "Oprah" (Winfrey) died on the vine, and some others seemed to cut a little too close to the Hollywood bone. Referring to Dreamworks SKG, the company recently formed by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, Mr. Letterman said: "I think that this partnership is going to be really, really good for Hollywood.

Now, instead of hoping that they're not successful individually, you can hope that they're not successful as a group." A taut silence ensued, punctuated by nervous laughter. Hans Zimmer's score for "The Lion King" received the Oscar for musical score. The Oscar for original song went to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," one of three nominated songs from "The Lion King," all of them composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. The evening's official theme was comedy in the movies, and the musical numbers were interspersed with clips of pratfalls taken by Charlie Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy and other movie comedy teams. Arthur Hiller, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, also introduced a political note in his opening remarks, pleading against proposed cuts in the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts. His call was echoed by Mr. Landau and Quincy Jones, who was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Clint Eastwood received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in honor of his work as a film producer.

Malpaso, the film company he founded 25 years ago, has produced 30 films, including "Unforgiven," "White Hunter, Black Heart," "Tightrope," "Bird," "Magnum Force" and "High Plains Drifter." The award was presented by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called Mr. Eastwood "a Hollywood institution." In accepting the award, Mr. Eastwood turned to Mr. Schwarzenegger and said, "Thank you, my son." He added, "If I were in Dirty Harry's sights and he said, "Do you feel lucky?,' I'd say 'You're damn right I do.' ' A special Oscar for lifetime achievement was presented by Jack Nicholson to the influential Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, whose films include "L'Avventura" "La Notte," "Blow-Up," and "The Passenger." Mr. Antonioni accepted the award with a simple "grazie" after his wife, Enrica, delivered a short speech thanking the academy.

The Oscar for costume design went to "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." In an evening notable for its lack of outrageous attire, Lizzy Gardiner, who accepted the award with her co-winner, Tim Chappel, made a vivid impression in a dress made of American Express gold cards. "Ed Wood" won the Oscar for makeup, and "Speed" won for sound effects editing and sound. John Toll received the Oscar for cinematography for "Legends of the Fall." The Oscar for art direction went to "The Madness of King George." Two films tied for the Oscar for live-action short: "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" and "Trevor." The Oscar for animated short film went to "Bob's Birthday." "A Time for Justice" won the Oscar for documentary short subject. The Oscar for documentary features went to "Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision," about the architect who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The academy became the target of fierce criticism when it failed to nominate the widely acclaimed "Hoop Dreams" in the documentary feature category. The show ran a grueling three and a half hours, but Mr. Letterman offered hope.

"I know it's been a long night," he said, "but continental breakfast is included." Photos: Three Oscar-winning performers: Dianne Wiest, left, in "Bullets Over Broadway" (Brian Hamill/Miramax Films); Tom Hanks, center right, with Gary Sinise in "Forrest Gump," (Phil Caruso/Paramount Pictures) and Martin Landau in "Ed Wood." (Suzanne Tenner/Touchstone Pictures) Forrest Gump - Awards - IMDb Forrest Gump a list of 46 titles created 14 Mar 2012 a list of 32 titles created 03 Mar 2013 a list of 23 titles created 28 Nov 2014 a list of 29 titles created 24 Jun 2015 a list of 49 titles created 15 Oct 2015 IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!

Oscar Directors: Zemeckis, Robert (Forrest Gump) | Emanuel Levy Oscar Directors: Zemeckis, Robert (Forrest Gump) June 8, 2015 by EmanuelLevy Leave a Comment Robert Zemeckis won the Oscar, Golden Globe, and a Director’s Guild of American Award for Best Director for the hugely successful Forrest Gump. The film’s numerous honors also included Oscars for Best Actor (Tom Hanks) and Best Picture. The Library of Congress recently selected the film to join the esteemed National Film Registry. Zemeckis re-teamed with Hanks on the contemporary drama “Cast Away,” the filming of which was split into two sections, book-ending production on What Lies Beneath. Zemeckis and Hanks served as producers on “Cast Away,” along with Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke. Earlier in his career, Zemeckis co-wrote (with Bob Gale) and directed “Back to the Future,” which was the top-grossing release of 1985, and for which Zemeckis shared Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Screen play.

He then went on to helm “Back to the Future, Part II and Part III,” completing one of the most successful film franchises ever. In addition, he directed and produced “Contact,” starring Jodie Foster, based on the best-selling novel by Carl Sagan; and the macabre comedy hit “Death Becomes Her,” starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. He also wrote and directed the box office smash “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” cleverly blending live action and animation; directed the romantic adventure hit “Romancing the Stone,” pairing Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner; and co-wrote (with Bob Gale) and directed the comedies “Used Cars” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” Zemeckis also produced “House on Haunted Hill,” and executive produced such films as “The Frighteners,” “The Public Eye,” and “Trespass,” which he also co-wrote with Bob Gale. He and Gale previously wrote “1941,” which began Zemeckis’ association with Steven Spielberg.

For the small screen, Zemeckis has directed several projects, including the Showtime feature-length documentary “The Pursuit of Happiness,” which explored the effect of drugs and alcohol on 20th century society. His additional television credits include episodes of Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” and HBO’s “Tales From the Crypt.” In 1998, Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke partnered to form the film and television production company ImageMovers. “What Lies Beneath” was the first film to be released under the ImageMovers banner, followed by “Cast Away,” which opened to critical and audience acclaim in the Fall of 2000, and “Matchstick Men.” In March 2001, the USC School of Cinema-Television celebrated the opening of the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts. This state-of-the-art center is the country’s first and only fully digital training center and houses the latest in non-linear production and post-production equipment as well as stages, a 50-seat screening room and USC student-run television station, Trojan Vision.

In 2004, Zemeckis produced and directed the motion capture film “The Polar Express,” starring Tom Hanks. Most recently, he brought the true life story of “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio” starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson to the big screen. In addition, he served as executive producer on both “Monster House,” and the Queen Latifah comedy “Last Holiday.” Zemeckis produced and directed his second motion capture film, “Beowulf,” which was also be produced by Rapke and Starkey. The feature, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Ray Winstone is based on one of the oldest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature, written sometime before the 10th Century A.D. In November of 2009, Zemeckis released his most advanced motion-capture film to date: “A Christmas Carol,” based on the celebrated and beloved classic story by Charles Dickens. Rapke and Starkey also produced the film, which was released by The Disney Studios in November 2009. In 2012, he directed Denzel Washington (in an Oscar-winning performance) in the thriller-drama, Flight.

1994 Academy Awards® Winners Actor: TOM HANKS in "Forrest Gump", Morgan Freeman in "The Shawshank Redemption" , Nigel Hawthorne in "The Madness of King George", Paul Newman in "Nobody's Fool", John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction" Actress: JESSICA LANGE in "Blue Sky", Jodie Foster in "Nell", Miranda Richardson in "Tom and Viv", Winona Ryder in "Little Women", Susan Sarandon in "The Client" Supporting Actor: MARTIN LANDAU in "Ed Wood", Samuel L.

Jackson in "Pulp Fiction" , Chazz Palminteri in "Bullets Over Broadway", Paul Scofield in "Quiz Show", Gary Sinise in "Forrest Gump" Supporting Actress: DIANNE WIEST in "Bullets Over Broadway", Rosemary Harris in "Tom and Viv", Helen Mirren in "The Madness of King George", Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction" , Jennifer Tilly in "Bullets Over Broadway" Director: ROBERT ZEMECKIS for "Forrest Gump", Woody Allen for "Bullets Over Broadway", Krzysztof Kieslowski for "Three Colors: Red", Robert Redford for "Quiz Show", Quentin Tarantino for "Pulp Fiction" The Best Picture film, director Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump, was a feel-good, financial blockbuster (and the most commercially-successful Best Picture winner up to this point in Academy history, at $330 million) with Zelig-like style (a la Woody Allen) computerized special effects that put the title character (a dim-witted, guileless, Southern-drawling simpleton hero) into historical events and footage in the four decades period from the 1950s to

 the 1980s.

The film, from a screenplay by Eric Roth and based on the novel by Winston Groom, inspired merchandising and "life is like a box of chocolate" Gumpisms. The film was variously interpreted as a satire on contemporary values, a parable on the "ignorance is bliss" philosophy, and a look at America's mid-century accomplishments. The title character was portrayed as the catalyst for such disparate moments as the jogging craze, the expression "Have a nice day," and ping pong with the Chinese. It had thirteen nominations and six wins - for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Only four previous films had matched its 13 nominations: All About Eve (1950).

The other four Best Picture nominees included a wide range of films: director Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral (with two nominations and no wins - also nominated for Best Original Screenplay) - a romantic comedy about a reserved Englishman and an American writer/director Quentin Tarantino's second violent feature, Pulp Fiction (with seven nominations and one win - Tarantino's Best Original Screenplay) - an iconoclastic, popular and hip B movie, film noirish crime/thriller about the sleazy side of Los Angeles (with its quirky characters including philosophizing hit men and a drugged-up gangster's moll) producer/director Robert Redford's intelligent Quiz Show (with four nominations and no wins), an engrossing recreation of the late-1950s TV quiz show scandals involving a show called "Twenty-One" writer/director Frank Darabont's uplifting first-time film The Shawshank Redemption (with seven nominations and no wins!), based on a short 1982 novel by Stephen King (called Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption) about an innocent bank vice president imprisoned (with two consecutive life sentences) for murder in Shawshank State Prison Robert Zemeckis (with his first directorial nomination

) won the Best Director award for Forrest Gump.

Two of the five directors of Best Picture nominees were not considered for Best Director. Mike Newell and Frank Darabont were not nominated in the Best Director category, and they were replaced by writer/director Woody Allen (with his sixth directorial nomination) for Bullets Over Broadway (with seven nominations and one win - Best Supporting Actress) about a Roaring Twenties Broadway playwright-turned-director who is backed by a mobster, and Polish writer/director Krzysztof Kieslowski for his French-language film Red (with three nominations and no wins), his last film until his death in 1996, about a friendship between a young Geneva model and a reclusive retired judge - the third and final film in his Three Colors trilogy. Three out of five Best Picture nominees produced a Best Actor nomination: Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and John Travolta. And three of the four Oscar winners in the acting categories were second-time winners: Tom Hanks Dianne Wiest The only first-time Oscar winner was Best Supporting Actor nominee Martin Landau.

All-American Tom Hanks (with his third nomination and second win) became the second performer to win a consecutive Best Actor Oscar for his likeable performance as Forrest Gump: football star, ping pong champion, decorated war hero (and more 'celebrity' characterizations) - the good-hearted, naive, eccentric, dim-witted protagonist (an idiot-savant) who 'digitally' meets Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, and Elvis Presley, and falls in love with childhood sweetheart Jenny (Robin Wright), in Forrest Gump. [His character followed in the tradition of similar characters in King of Hearts (1966), Being There (1979), and Rain Man (1988).] [Hanks had won Best Actor the previous year for his performance in Philadelphia (1993). He became the fifth performer to win back-to-back acting Oscars. The first actor to receive consecutive Best Actor Oscars was Spencer Tracy - for his back-to-back wins for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938) many years earlier.

Other performers who have won consecutive acting awards include Jason Robards for Best Supporting Actor in All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977), Luise Rainer for Best Actress in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937), and Katharine Hepburn as Best Actress for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and The Lion in Winter (1968).] The other four Best Actor nominees included: Morgan Freeman (with his third unsuccessful nomination) as prison inmate Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding in Pulp Fiction The Best Actress category had no real front-runner and was composed of weak performances, for the most part. The winner - 45 year old Jessica Lange (with her sixth nomination and second Oscar), who won the Best Actress award as Carly Marshall, the unstable, manic-depressive, out-of-control, sexually-promiscuous wife of a military nuclear engineer/officer (co-star Tommy Lee Jones) at a 1960s Nevada test site in director Tony Richardson's last film - Blue Sky (the film's sole nomination).

[Lange had made the film three years earlier for failing Orion Studios, and the film had languished on the shelf since then. Lange's win made her the second woman to receive a Best Actress Oscar after a prior win for a Best Supporting role - for Tootsie (1982). The first actress was Meryl Streep who won first for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and then for Sophie's Choice (1982).] The other nominees in the Best Actress category included: two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster (with her fourth nomination) as uncivilized backwoods North Carolinian Nell in British director Michael Apted's Nell (the film's sole nomination) Miranda Richardson (with her second nomination) as Vivienne Haigh-Wood, the poorly-treated, unbalanced wife of poet T. S.

Eliot in director Brian Gilbert's Tom and Viv (with two nominations and no wins) Winona Ryder (with her second consecutive nomination) as tomboyish, aspiring writer Jo March, one of four daughters in Australian director Gillian Armstrong's version of Louisa May Alcott's classic American novel Little Women (with three nominations and no wins; other nominations were Best Costume Design and Best Score) Susan Sarandon (with her fourth unsuccessful nomination) as anti-establishment New Orleans lawyer Reggie Love in director Joel Schumacher's thriller based on John Grisham's best-selling novel The Client (the film's sole nomination) Sixty-six year old Martin Landau (with his third nomination after prior nods for Tucker (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)) won his first Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for his tragi-comic performance as aging, drug-addicted horror-actor Bela Lugosi in producer/director Tim Burton's Ed Wood (with two nominations and two wins - including Best Makeup), about a lunatic-fringe, Hollywood campy film-maker. The other competing Best Supporting Actor nominees included: Samuel L.

Jackson (with his first nomination) as Ezekiel-spouting, hit man Jules in Pulp Fiction Chazz Palminteri (with his first nomination) as mobster hitman Cheech (and nominated co-star Jennifer Tilly's bodyguard), in Bullets Over Broadway Paul Scofield (with his second nomination after a period of twenty-eight years) as Mark Van Doren, the father of game-show contestant Charles (Ralph Fiennes) in Quiz Show Gary Sinise (with his first nomination) as double-amputee Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gump's commander in Vietnam) in Forrest Gump Dianne Wiest (with her third career nomination) won her second Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as alcoholic, manipulative, theatrical, aging grand-dame/diva Broadway stage star Helen Sinclair, a character similar to Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond in Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950) , in Bullets Over Broadway.

[Her first win was for another supporting performance in an earlier Woody Allen film - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).] The other Best Supporting Actress nominees were: Rosemary Harris (with her first nomination) as Rose Haigh-Wood - the understanding mother of nominated co-star Miranda Richardson (as Vivienne Haigh-Wood) in Tom and Viv Helen Mirren (with her first nomination) as the devoted Queen Charlotte, wife of the king in The Madness of King George Uma Thurman (with her first nomination) as the pretty gangster wife Mia Wallace (co-star John Travolta's over-dosing date) in Pulp Fiction Wiest's co-star Jennifer Tilly (with her first nomination) as Olive Neal - a mobster's (Joe Viterelli) ditzy mistress, who landed a role (through her sugar daddy's connections) in a new Broadway play that required rewrites from her mob bodyguard (Chazz Palminteri), in Bullets Over Broadway It should be noted that The Lion King (with four nominations and two wins - the other win was for Best Original Score) had three nominated songs (by Elton John and Tim Rice) this one year: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (the winner), "

Circle of Life," and "Hakuna Matata" - tying an Academy record.

Previously, Beauty and the Beast (1991) had solo possession of the record. 82 year-old Italian writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni, maker of Neorealitic films early in his career, was given the Honorary Award this year "in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists". Noted for the character study L'Avventura (1960), he became well-known for his first English language film, the psychological thriller Blow-Up (1966) . It was one of the most important films of the 1960's, an existential, voyeuristic murder mystery/suspenser, from which he derived his two sole (unsuccessful) Oscar nominations (Best Director, Best Original Screenplay). It was followed by the disastrous hippie saga Zabriskie Point (1970) and then the underrated political film The Passenger (1975) with Jack Nicholson. Oscar Snubs and Omissions: There were a number of major oversights in 1994.

First, it was an unforgiveable error to deny nominations to John Turturro for his performance as the almost unbeatable "Twenty One" show champ and then loser - hotheaded, middle-class Jew Herbie Stempel, and to Ralph Fiennes as intellectual contestant Charles Van Doren, in Quiz Show. Also, both Brad Pitt (as Tristan Ludlow) and Julia Ormond (as Susannah Finncannon) were neglected for their performances (supporting and lead) in the cinematographic romantic western/drama Legends of the Fall (with one win from its three nominations, for Best Cinematography). Although nominated in three categories, Little Women should have also been nominated for Best Director (Gillian Armstrong - another missed opportunity to nominate a female director!) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Robin Swicord). Linda Fiorentino's sexually-exciting performance as femme fatale Bridget Gregory in John Dahl's modern-day noir The Last Seduction was denied Oscar consideration for Best Actress because the film was briefly debuted on HBO cable television. Russell Crowe was neglected for his early role as a gay man (opposite his widowed father Jack Thompson) in the Australian film The Sum of Us.

And Kate Winslet was snubbed for her star-launching, breakthrough role as lonely, vividly imaginative Juliet Hulme in director Peter Jackson's R-rated thriller Heavenly Creatures (with only one nomination for Best Original Screenplay), based on the true 1954 New Zealand murder story in which two teenaged girls (Pauline Parker, portrayed in the film by Melanie Lynskey, and Juliet Hulme) murdered one of their mothers in order to prevent the separation of their lesbian-tinged relationship. Alfre Woodard as tough, cancer-stricken 70s Brooklyn school-teacher and family matriarch Carolyn Carmichael in director Spike Lee's semi-autobiographical Crooklyn (with no nominations) was also ignored. And independent film-maker Steve James' acclaimed Hoop Dreams, a film about Chicago inner-city life and basketball in the lives of two inner-city youth, was denied both a Best Picture and Best Documentary Feature nomination. Oliver Stone's violent and controversial Natural Born Killers, with a Quentin Tarantino screenplay and stunning performances by Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox, was completely un-nominated.

Joel Coen's The Hudsucker Proxy, similar to Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) , was completely unnominated, especially for Roger Deakins' Cinematography, as well as Jennifer Jason Leigh's star reporter Amy Archer (based in part upon Rosalind Russell's fast-talking Hildy Johnson in Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (1940) ). Despite seven nominations, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (and three acting nominations), Bullets Over Broadway failed to earn a Best Picture nomination -- and Carlo DiPalmi's lush cinematography was also denied recognition. And despite two nominations and two wins for producer/director Tim Burton's Ed Wood as noted above, Johnny Depp was snubbed for his role as the legendary, cross-dressing title character, noting for helming (as the "worst director of all time") a series of awful films in the 50s, such as Glen or Glenda (1953), Bride of the Monster (1955) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959).

It was also remarkable that Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption went unrewarded - and no nomination for Tim Robbins as the lead character Andy Dufresne, nor for Bob Gunton as the corrupted prison warden Samuel Norton. Jodie Foster's loss for her raw performance in Nell to Jessica Lange's performance in Blue Sky was also surprising. And both Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver were not recognized for their stellar work in Roman Polanski's drama Death and the Maiden, about a Dr. Roberto Miranda (Kingsley) who may/may not have traumatically tortured-raped Paulina Escobar (Weaver) when she was imprisoned by the previous South American country's government. Back to the Future™ - Robert Zemeckis The Music Robert Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis won an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and a Director's Guild of American Award for Best Director for the hugely successful FORREST GUMP. The film's numerous honors also included Oscars for Best Actor (Tom Hanks) and Best Picture. Zemeckis re-teamed with Hanks on the contemporary drama CAST AWAY, the filming of which was split into two sections, book-ending production on WHAT LIES BENEATH.

Zemeckis and Hanks served as producers on CAST AWAY, along with Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke. Earlier in his career, Zemeckis co-wrote (with Bob Gale ) and directed BACK TO THE FUTURE, which was the top-grossing release of 1985, and for which Zemeckis shared Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Screen play. He then went on to helm BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III, completing one of the most successful film franchises ever. In addition, he directed and produced CONTACT, starring Jodie Foster, based on the best-selling novel by Carl Sagan; and the macabre comedy hit DEATH BECOMES HER, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. He also wrote and directed the box office smash WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?, cleverly blending live action and animation; directed the romantic adventure hit ROMANCING THE STONE, pairing Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner; and co-wrote (with Bob Gale ) and directed the comedies USED CARS and I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND.

Zemeckis also produced HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, and executive produced such films as THE FRIGHTENERS, THE PUBLIC EYE, and TRESSPASS, which he also co-wrote with Bob Gale . He and Gale previously wrote 1941, which began Zemeckis' association with Steven Spielberg. For the small screen, Zemeckis has directed several projects, including the Showtime feature-length documentary THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, which explored the effect of drugs and alcohol on 20th century society. His additional television credits include episodes of Spielberg's AMAZING STORIES and HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT. In 1998, Zemeckis, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke partnered to form the film and television production company ImageMovers. WHAT LIES BENEATH was the first film to be released under the ImageMovers banner, followed by CAST AWAY, which opened to critical and audience acclaim in the Fall of 2000, and MATCHSTICK MEN. In March 2001, the USC School of Cinema-Television celebrated the opening of the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts.

This state-of-the-art center is the country's first and only fully digital training center and houses the latest in non-linear production and post-production equipment as well as stages, a 50-seat screening room and USC student-run television station, Trojan Vision. In 2004, Zemeckis produced and directed the motion capture film THE POLAR EXPRESS, starring Tom Hanks. Most recently, he brought the true life story of THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson to the big screen. In addition, he served as executive producer on both MONSTER HOUSE, and the Queen Latifah comedy LAST HOLIDAY. Zemeckis produced and directed his second motion capture film, BEOWULF which was also be produced by Rapke and Starkey. The feature, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Ray Winstone is based on one of the oldest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature, written sometime before the 10th Century A.D. In November of 2009, Zemeckis released his most advanced motion-capture film to date: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, based on the celebrated and beloved classic story by Charles Dickens.

Rapke and Starkey also produced the film which was released by The Disney Studios in November, 2009. Most recently in 2012, Zemeckis returned to live action direction with the critically-acclaimed dramatic feature film FLIGHT, for Paramount Pictures starring Denzel Washington. Under the direction of Zemeckis, Washington received an Academy Award nomination for the role. Tom Hanks Movies Spotlight - ComingSoon.net Tom Hanks Movies Spotlight SHARE Tom Hanks Movies Spotlight Tom Hanks turns 60 today! To celebrate the life of the iconic actor and filmmaker, we have a list of some of our favorite Tom Hanks movies. This was a hard one to narrow down. He’s won numerous awards, including Oscars for Best Actor in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. He received the Kennedy Center Honors Medallion in 2014. He’s produced the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific as well as directing Larry Crowne and That Thing You Do. Heck, he even has an asteroid named after him.

(It’s 12818 Tomhanks in case you were wondering.) We’re leaving out things like the movies The Da Vinci Code and Saving Private Ryan and shows like Bosom Buddies, only because we have to. Tom Hanks in a dress, guys. We’ll see him next in Inferno , Sully and hear his voice in Toy Story 4 in 2018. Check out our list of Tom Hanks movies below and let us know your favorites in the comments. Happy birthday, Tom! Tom Hanks Movies: Splash (1984) Hanks plays Allen, a man who was saved by a mermaid as a young boy. After an accident, he’s saved by that mermaid again (Madison, played by Daryl Hannah) and falls in love with her, not realizing what she is. The film, directed by Ron Howard , also starred Eugene Levy as the crazy scientist who tries to prove mermaids exist by targeting Madison and John Candy as Allen’s girl-crazy older brother. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Tom Hanks Movies: Big (1988) In this one, Hanks plays Josh, a 12-year-old boy who wishes to be “big.” His wish is granted, though while he’s in an adult body, he’s got the mind of a kid. He gets a job at a toy company and reminds everyone that thinking like an innocent child is worth revisiting here and there. This film gave us the famous scene with Hanks playing around with a giant piano keyboard, playing “Heart and Soul” and “Chopsticks” with the late Robert Loggia. Tom Hanks Movies: Turner & Hooch (1989) This much-maligned film starred Hanks as super fussy police officer Scott Turner who investigates the murder of his friend Amos (John McIntire), owner of slobbery dog Hooch (played by Beasley the Dog). The two solve the crime together, drool and all. Tom Hanks Movies: A League of Their Own (1992) This film starred Geena Davis, Madonna , and Lori Petty and tells the story of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).

Hanks plays Jimmy Doogan, the manager of the team of women during WWII and gave us the classic line, “There’s no crying in baseball.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Tom Hanks Movies: Forrest Gump (1994) Hanks plays the title role in this film about a simple-minded man with a big heart. It also stars Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field, who plays Forrest’s mother (She played his love interest in 1998’s Punchline.) We watch him through a number of decades as he witnesses big events through history and becomes a part of them. The film won a slew of awards, including Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis, and Best Actor for Hanks. It also gave rise to the line, “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” This one was also selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry. Tom Hanks Movies: Toy Story (1995) Hanks voices the cowboy toy Woody in the first animated full-length Pixar feature.

When rival toy Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) enters the toy room, the gang battles for the love of their kid Andy. Joss Whedon was one of the writers for the film and Hanks and Allen went on to reprise their roles in Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and the upcoming sequel Toy Story 4. Tom Hanks Movies: Apollo 13 (1995) In this history-based film based on the book “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13” by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Hank plays Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell who headed up the aborted lunar mission. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and also starred Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. Tom Hanks Movies: You’ve Got Mail (1998) In this romantic comedy, Hanks plays Joe Fox, the man running the large book company that takes over the local bookstore run by Meg Ryan’s Kathleen. Despite their terrible meet cute, they end up happy together. The film centered around the late ’90s anonymous chat features online.

Hanks previously starred with Ryan in other romantic comedies like Joe vs. the Volcano in 1990 and Sleepless in Seattle in 1993. Tom Hanks Movies: The Green Mile (1999) This crime drama was nominated for four Oscars and starred Hanks as death row prison officer Paul Edgecomb who encounters inmate John Coffey, played by Michael Clarke Duncan. Coffey is mentally challenged but has supernatural abilities. He is accused of raping and murdering two little girls, but he uses his powers to destroy the guard who really committed the crime. Edgecomb is kind to him and Coffey transfers his powers into him, giving him an unnaturally long life. Tom Hanks Movies: Cast Away (2000) Hanks was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for this film about a FedEx agent who survives a plane crash and ends up stranded on an island with nothing but some packages that washed up on the beach. He keeps himself sane by talking to a Wilson volleyball and ultimately saves himself by making a raft.

Tom Hanks Movies: Captain Phillips (2013) In this film based on the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, Hanks plays Captain Richard Philips whose ship was hijacked by pirates. Barkhad Abdi plays Abduwali Muse, the leader of the pirates. The film grossed over $218 million and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Abdi. Which Tom Hanks film is your favorite? Which one did we leave off that you love? Let us know in the comments and tell us why! (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Rural America in the Movies Rural America in the Movies Between 1970 and 2008, there were almost 280,000 movies produced around the world that are indexed on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Only a few were set in rural America, but some of those films were among the best. For example  "The Last Picture Show" was set in a small west Texas town during the '50s and followed the coming of age of two friends, played by Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms.

It was the 9th highest grossing film of 1971 at $13 million and won best supporting actor and actress Oscars for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman. "Deliverance" was the 4th highest grossing film in 1972 at over $22.6 million. The plot pits urban Yuppies  out for adventure on a whitewater river  against rural misfits and sexual deviants. Film scholar Pat Arnow suggests that the movie "is still the greatest incentive for many non-Southerners to stay on the Insterstate." Anthony Harkins, in his book Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon, says "Deliverance" was "the most influential film of the modern era in shaping national perceptions of southern mountaineers and rural life in general." "Deliverance" spawned a fear of rural life and energized a whole genre of "backwoods horror" films. The basic plot of these films is that urban young people venture out to the country where they're terrorized and usually killed by deranged rural predators.

The genre includes such series as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (beginning in 1973), "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), "Friday the 13th" (1980), and "Children of the Corn" (1984). In 1973, "Paper Moon" traveled through Depression era Kansas with a father-daughter pair of con artists. The film was a nostalgic look at rural life and was the 9th highest grossing film at $16.5 million. Ten-year-old Tatum O'Neil won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role. That same year, "Badlands" portrayed rural Nebraska as the breeding ground of mass murderer Charles Starkweather. The film starred Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Sissy Spacek won the best actress Oscar for "Coal Miner's Daughter" in 1980 portraying country music star Loretta Lynn. The film was the 7th highest grosser at $67 million.

"Urban Cowboy" asked the burning question, 'What's a girl got to do to find a real cowboy?' In 1980, Debra Winger played a young Texas woman who hangs out at Gilley's Bar to find her cowboy. In walks John Travolta, who looks the part but actually works in a refinery. It's an ironic casting twist from Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" urban dancer. In the middle 80s, farmers were in a severe recession. Many were loosing their farms to foreclosure. Hollywood took notice. In 1984, Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek (again) starred in "The River" where the two head a family trying to save their farm by battling bankers and a raging river. In "Country" the brutal banks teamed up with a tornado and bad harvest to threaten the farm of Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange. But the most popular rural film of '84 was "Footloose" where Kevin Bacon moves from Chicago to an unnamed small town and overturns a ban on rock music and dancing. The film came in at number 7 and grossed over $80 million.

In the 1985 film "Witness," an Amish farm boy visits Philadelphia and sees a murder. Harrison Ford plays a big-city cop who has to protect his witness by trying to fit into the boy's tight-knit rural community. The movie won Oscars for best original screenplay and film editing. It was the 8th highest grossing film of the year at $68 million. That same year, "The Trip to Bountiful," "Fandango," and "Murphy's Romance" all portrayed rural America as romantic destinations for urban folks. In 1991, "City Slickers" sent Billy Chrystal and his middle-aged buddies to a cattle drive for urban "dudes." The film was the 5th highest grosser with $124 million. In "Doc Hollywood," Michael J. Fox played a recently graduated plastic surgeon stranded in Grady, South Carolina. And "Fried Green Tomatoes" took a nostalgic look at the women of Whistle Stop, Alabama. In 1994, "Forrest Gump" was both the highest grossing film (at almost $330 million) and the most honored.

It won Oscars for best picture, best director (Robert Zemeckis) and best actor (Tom Hanks). While Forrest wandered all over the world of the 1960s and met important people, he kept running back to his mother's rural Alabama boarding house. "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995) brought Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep to the real Madison County, Iowa, for their romantic interlude. That same year, "Babe" told the story of a pig who wants to be a sheep dog  all in the words of the pig. The Australian film won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy. In 1996, "Twister" tore up both the plains of Oklahoma and the box office. It was the second most popular film with over $241 million grossed. "A Time to Kill" came in 10th with over $108 million grossed. The film focused on racial tensions in the fictional rural town of Clanton, Mississippi.

"Fargo" didn't earn as much in 1996, but this "homespun murder story" set in North Dakota won the Oscars for best original screenplay (for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen) and best actress (Frances McDormand). McDormand plays a local police chief who unravels a murder for hire plot across the blizzard-swept plains. In 1999, Hilary Swank won her first Oscar for best actress for playing a rural Nebraska girl trying to pass as a man in "Boys Don't Cry." Swank was actually born in Lincoln, NE, and returned to play the real Teena Brandon who was murdered in 1993 in Falls City. In 2000, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" followed George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson across the South to a soundtrack of classic country music. The film was another Coen brothers rural movie, and produced a Golden Globe best actor award for George Clooney. In 2005, "Walk the Line" was based on the love affair and careers of country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.

The Golden Globe awards named it best picture in the musical or comedy category. Joaquin Phoenix won the Globe as best actor, and Reese Witherspoon won best actress. Johnny Cash was portrayed as a simple rural man battling addictions. The movie didn't get into the top 10 but it did gross $186.4 million worldwide. "Brokeback Mountain" depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two cowboys from 1963 to '83. The film won the best picture Golden Globe in 2005 and Oscars for best director (Ang Lee), best adapted screenplay and best original score. In 2007, "No Country for Old Men" won four Oscars for best picture, best adapted screenplay, best directors (the Coen brothers, again) and best supporting actor (Javier Bardem). In the film, rural west Texas in 1980 is the land of botched drug deals and increasing violence. Throughout the last quarter of the 20th century rural America  according to the Hollywood movies of the time  alternated between a place of nostalgia and terror.

Perhaps that's to be expected since the people involved in producing the movies are virtually 100% urban, from one coast or the other, and with no roots in any rural community. Written by Bill Ganzel, the Ganzel Group . First published in 2009. A partial bibliography of sources is here . Forrest Gump Reunion: See Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Mykelti Williamson! | E! News Forrest Gump Reunion: See Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Mykelti Williamson! By Share Email It's hard to believe that Forrest Gump will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. And the actor who played the film's titular character, Tom Hanks , shared a sweet photo with his costars to remind us all that "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." "Hadn't seen these old friends for too long. Hanx," the 57-year-old thespian captioned the sweet snapshot on Thursday on his WhoSay account. Hanks, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of the memorable character, posed with Gary Sinise and Mykelti Williamson.

The trio reunited for Gary Sinise's Foundation at a multi-day event "Hollywood Salutes Heroes," which was dedicated to giving thanks to those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. PHOTOS: Tom Hanks posts adorable snap of newborn granddaughter Paramount Williamson memorably portrayed Forrest's friend from the army, Bubba Blue, while Sinise was Lieutenant Dan Taylor, their platoon leader in Vietnam. Too bad Mrs. Gump (Sally Field) and childhood sweetheart Jenny ( Robin Wright ) are not in this photograph. The Robert Zemeckis film won six Oscars in 1995, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Sinise was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Hanks recently revealed during a Q&A on Reddit that he sometimes gets emotional when he watches a particular scene from the 1994 romantic comedy-drama. When asked whether certain performances from his career tug at his heart, Hanks replied, "When LT. Dan introduced Forrest to his wife, with his titanium legs, I burst into tears..." Brazil E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition? E!

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Uploaded on Jan 6, 2009 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Forrest Gump is a 1994 comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was a huge commercial success, earning US$677 million worldwide during its theatrical run making it the top grossing film in North America released that year. The film garnered a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, of which it won six, including Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), and Best Actor (Tom Hanks). The film tells the story of a man and his epic journey through life meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture and experiencing first-hand historic events of the 20th century while being largely unaware of their significance, due to his borderline mental retardation. The film differs substantially from the book on which it was based. Category

Question: Which film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis and Best Actor Tom Hanks?
Answer: Forrest Gump